Junior software engineer Jobs in Bakersfield, CA

As a Lead Engineer on TIBCO BusinessConnect team, you will architect, design, and implement secure, scalable backend systems. You will optimize system performance, ensuring high availability and low-latency processing for large transaction volumes while troubleshooting production issues. Collaborating with architects, developers, and stakeholders, you will align solutions with technical goals, mentor junior engineers, and maintain high-quality code through reviews, technical deep dives, and detailed documentation.

The ideal candidate is a backend engineering expert with deep knowledge of Java, distributed systems, and modern cloud-native technologies. As an individual contributor, you will provide hands-on leadership and be instrumental in solving the most challenging technical problems.

Roles and responsibilities

Lead the design and development of BusinessConnect features for both on-premise and containerized environments.

Act as an escalation point for critical production issues.

Guide the adoption of modern DevOps tools and practices, including CI / CD, continuous testing / security, and continuous monitoring / observability.

Design and develop REST-based microservices and API contracts using Spring Boot and Hibernate.

Design and implement solutions to address recurring issues and improve system stability.

Implement / update industry-standard specifications for transport and document exchange protocols.

Monitor and optimize endurance and performance metrics, collaborating with teams to benchmark and improve application performance.

Design the overall architecture for Java-based applications, including front-end, back-end, and database layers.

Guide teams on coding standards, architectural principles, and technical best practices. Mentor and support junior developers.

Actively participate in coding, debugging, code reviews, and developing complex modules while ensuring adherence to coding standards, design principles, and best practices.

Apply knowledge of industry-standard software best practices, development lifecycle processes, and Agile / Scrum methodologies.

Estimate tasks effectively while identifying and mitigating potential risks.

Meet regularly with stakeholders to understand business requirements and implement them into core platform services.

Requirements : Technical Skills

• 10+ years of experience as a backend software engineer, with a proven track record of designing and building complex backend systems.
• Strong expertise in Java (8 or above), including multithreading, concurrency, and functional programming.
• Deep understanding of J2EE, Hibernate, Spring Boot, Spring Security or similar frameworks for building microservices.
• Experience with distributed systems, including message brokers (EMS or any JMS implementation), caching (Redis), and databases (SQL and NoSQL).
• Proficiency in designing RESTful APIs.
• Experience on building unit and integration tests(Junit, Mockito and Spring Tests).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI / CD tools such as Jenkins or TeamCity.
• Experience with SVN, Git, Sonar.
• Exposure to performance optimization, profiling, and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with security, authentication, and authorization protocols (OAuth2, OpenID Connect).
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, Algorithms and Data structures is required.
• Demonstrated experience in writing clean code in large codebases is required.
• Solid understanding of cryptography (symmetric / asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, key management), security protocols

TLS / SSL, HTTPS, OAuth2, JWT), and experience with cryptographic libraries like Bouncy Castle, JCA, and JSSE.

Architectural Experience

Soft Skills

Education

Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance. NYC generally ranges : $,-$,CA generally ranges : $,-$,All other locations fall under our General State range : $,-$, Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, (k) plan and company match, among others. This requisition has no specific deadline for completion.

About Us :

Citrix and TIBCO recently merged to create Cloud Software Group, now one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value diverse lived experiences, passion for technology, and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

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